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Name three provinces and states that border Ontario:
EXERCISE
• 5,400 kilometres east to west, with six time zones
• 4,600 kilometres north to south
• 9,984,670 square kilometres
• 33,850,000 people (2010 projection)
Ontario Day to Day
Workbook 2010
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CANADA: SIZE, DIMENSION & POPULATION
Canada comprises about 6.7% percent of the world’s land area yet has:
• 20 per cent of the world’s remaining wilderness
• 25 per cent of the world’s wetlands
• 10 per cent of the world’s forests
DID YOU KNOW?
Canada is not an aggressor nation, yet has fought with
great valour in two World Wars, as well as other inter-
national conflicts. Canada may be best known for its in-
volvement in peace keeping. It has led or participated in
more than 50 such missions since 1945. Canada played a
leading role in the formation of the United Nations.
Canadian scientists have contributed important discov-
eries—for example, insulin—to world health. Canadians
inventors have produced the telephone, the alkaline bat-
tery, the Blackberry, the dump truck, the electric wheel-
chair, the Canadarm—also known as the Space Arm—
and basketball.
There are many outstanding Canadian authors, painters,
musicians, journalists and entertainers... as well as ath-
letes, journalists, scientists and diplomats. Canadians
have won Nobel Prizes in chemistry, physics, medicine,
economics, literature and peace.
CANADA’S ROLE IN THE WORLD
A small sampling of well-known Canadian authors, artists and performers:
• Gilles Vigneault (singer)
• Margaret Atwood (author)
• Deepa Mehta (film maker)
• William Shatner (actor)
• Neil Young (singer)
• Jim Carrey (comic actor)
• Sandra Oh (actress)
• Leonard Cohen (poet, singer)
• Yann Martel (author)
• Mike Myers (comic actor)
• Roch Voisine (singer)
• Margot Kidder (actress)
• Dan Ackroyd (comic actor)
• Bryan Adams (singer)
• Celine Dion (singer)
• Keanu Reeves (actor)